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From Nancy Garn's classic '80s lbian romance <em>Annie on My Md</em> to Andrew Smh's apolyptic <em>Grasshopper Jungle</em>, there are plenty of YA books to put on your Pri readg list. But there's also a growg movement the world of YA books to create tersectnal LGBTQ stori. 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The short novel illtrat the pa, nial, and bargag that wh the end of any romantic relatnship while pturg the specific challeng of beg te to yourself a muny and untry where that tth uld get you killed. </p><p data-no-id="11" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><em></em></p><h2 data-no-id="12" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Aristotle and Dante Disver the Secrets of the Universe</em> by Benjam Alire Sáenz </h2><div size="small" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="13" class="align-center size-small embed css-f1dz33 e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Blackboard, Text, Font, Chalk, Illtratn, Drawg, " tle="Blackboard, Text, Font, Chalk, Illtratn, Drawg, " loadg="lazy" width="848" height="1281" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-pejqtf e6iqd2">Simon & Schter Books for Young Rears</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="14" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><br /><br /><a data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="BUY NOW" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" href=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="e964df91-10da-44d6-abdc-feb87d25c0dc" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="sale | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"cf8b6e7a-629c-44a4-a3f6-5eaae686d66b","se_id":"00a569cc-f064-4efc-9e86-602be0bec9","metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","metadata":{}}}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Simon & Schter Books for Young Rears" data-vars-ga-product-price="$12.74" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="59230ef0-24b8-4c04-85fe-345c4639e23b" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Simon & Schter Books for Young Rears" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Fay Life" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1ilg4d1 ebsw2pb0">BUY NOW</a></p><p data-no-id="15" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Aristotle and Dante are drawn together by their shared lonels and a sense that they've never really belonged wh their peers. 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The tensy of their buddg iendship is palpable, and their stggle to e to terms wh how ep their bond actually is both quickly apparent to the rear and also a slow unravelg of emotn that will keep you glued to the book until the last page. </p><p data-no-id="16" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"></p><h2 data-no-id="17" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>For Today I Am A Boy</em> by Kim Fu</h2><div size="small" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="18" class="align-center size-small embed css-f1dz33 e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Text, Font, Poster, Organism, Book ver, Graphic sign, " tle="Text, Font, Poster, Organism, Book ver, Graphic sign, " loadg="lazy" width="1024" height="1536" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-pejqtf e6iqd2">Houghton Miffl Harurt</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="19" class="css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><br />Kim Fu's story of a Che Canadian trans girl fdg the strength to be herself a hoehold that n be ls than open-md has received a seemgly endls list of awards and aclas, om a <em>New York Tim</em> Book Review Edor's Choice to Publishg Triangle's Edmund Whe Award for Debut Fictn. Fu's wrg is wonrfully lyril, evokg a strong sense of a small town, and of what means to break wh that small town's small-mdns. <a data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="BUY NOW" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" href=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="011a7e6b-0255-4289-8925-42f696b915c2" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="sale | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"cf8b6e7a-629c-44a4-a3f6-5eaae686d66b","se_id":"00a569cc-f064-4efc-9e86-602be0bec9","metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","metadata":{}}}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-price="$9.99" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="075a427d-8b8c-4913-9f5e-3a18c5815153" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Marer Books" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="Comg of Age" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1ilg4d1 ebsw2pb0">BUY NOW</a></p><p data-no-id="20" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><em></em></p><h2 data-no-id="21" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>More Happy Than Not</em> by Adam Silvera</h2><div size="small" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="22" class="align-center size-small embed css-f1dz33 e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Font, Poster, Text, Novel, Book ver, Advertisg, Graphic sign, Album ver, Flyer, Movie, " tle="Font, Poster, Text, Novel, Book ver, Advertisg, Graphic sign, Album ver, Flyer, Movie, " loadg="lazy" width="1650" height="2475" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-pejqtf e6iqd2">Soho Teen</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="23" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0"><br /><br /><em> More Happy Than Not</em><a data-vars-ga-ll-to-actn="BUY NOW" data-vars-ga-outbound-lk=" href=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" data-vars-ga-ux-element="Hyperlk" data-vars-ga-product-id="3ba9cd01-37e0-4b92-b8d3-576c0a23369b" data-vars-ga-lk-treatment="(not set) | (not set)" data-href=" data-product-url=" data-affiliate="te" data-affiliate-url=" data-affiliate-work="{"id":"cf8b6e7a-629c-44a4-a3f6-5eaae686d66b","se_id":"00a569cc-f064-4efc-9e86-602be0bec9","metadata":{},"work":{"id":"469ce69f-4798-416d-9432-eaa9954b4053","name":"Amazon","metadata":{}}}" data-vars-ga-product-brand="Soho Teen" data-vars-ga-product-price="$14.89" data-vars-ga-product-retailer-id="21a5e615-2994-472f-8b34-15ac1a6c1664" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-brand="Soho Teen" data-vars-ga-product-sem3-tegory="LGBTQ+ Books" class="body-btn-lk product-lks-button css-1ilg4d1 ebsw2pb0">BUY NOW</a></p><p data-no-id="24" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">Silvera is a master of creatg terrifyg near futur that feature technology that's both trigug and troublg. In, Aaron don't thk much about the new system that promis n erase paful memori — even though the recent ath of his father ntu to weigh on him. It's not until he starts havg feelgs for a new iend, Thomas, that he begs to wonr if his life wh his girliend and his more close-md group of iends might be easier if a specific part of him was taken away forever. <br /></p><h2 data-no-id="25" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em><br /></em></h2><h2 data-no-id="26" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>The Backstagers </em>by Jam Tynn IV, Illtrated by Rian Sygh</h2><div size="small" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="27" class="align-center size-small embed css-f1dz33 e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Fictn, Poster, Fictnal character, Graphic sign, Comics, Mil, Illtratn, " tle="Fictn, Poster, Fictnal character, Graphic sign, Comics, Mil, Illtratn, " loadg="lazy" width="1399" height="2152" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-pejqtf e6iqd2">BOOM! 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The characters, the illtratns, and even the monsters are all pafully adorable. <br /></p><h2 data-no-id="30" class="body-h2 css-1n96kgk et3p2gv0"><em>Like a Love Story</em> by Abdi Nazemian<br /></h2><div size="small" data-embed="body-image" data-no-id="31" class="align-center size-small embed css-f1dz33 e1xqj1sx4"><div class="css-uwraif e1xqj1sx3"><img alt="Illtratn, Cartoon, Poster, Art, Fictn, Font, Comics, Cy, Graphic sign, Comic book, " tle="Illtratn, Cartoon, Poster, Art, Fictn, Font, Comics, Cy, Graphic sign, Comic book, " loadg="lazy" width="789" height="1200" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-0 exi4f7p0" /><div class="css-swqnqv e1xqj1sx2"><figptn class="css-1am3yn9 enfs9c50"><span class="css-pejqtf e6iqd2">Balzer + Bray</span></figptn></div></div></div><p data-no-id="32" class="body-text css-18vfmjb et3p2gv0">A historil YA novel set 1989 New York,<em> Like a Love Story</em> weav together stori of heartbreak and hope. Judy is alg wh the fact her beloved uncle Steven is dyg of AIDs. Her bt iend, Art, has a csh on Judy's new boyiend, Reza, who's jt begng to accept that, spe of what his Iranian fay might thk about the gay muny, he's not straight. 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The short but -packed chapters ver some of the nam you already thk of when you thk about LGBT history — like Alan Turg and Frida Kahlo. 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